i like it when earl makes it clear he isn't trolling, he is just an idiot and bigly respects trump

[Edited on July 28, 2017 at 7:27 AM. Reason : new page]

7/28/2017 7:26:58 AM

Ok so new page, I didn't really read the previous page so I'm going to start fresh here, and plus I've been on vacation so I've been mostly staying away from the internet.

I've been reading about Scaramucci, and I'm really concerned with what I'm seeing. Really concerned. Sure, people use that kind of language all the time in conversations. I try to avoid profanity for the most part, mainly because I'm raising a little girl and I want her to learn her profanity from her friends in first grade, not me.

But this guy is going to be the official WH communications director. Does he not understand why he shouldn't go off on profanity laced tirades? And more than that, public tirades against people in his president's own staff? They really need to handle this mess behind closed doors.

I'm just appalled at this point, and I'm not really surprised that Trump would appoint someone like this, but for all those who kept holding out hope that Trump would be more presidential, well here, here ya go.

Maybe this guys actions might turn away some of your evangelicals? Would they look past this kind of behavior for "the greater good?"

7/28/2017 9:02:15 AM

Eh, he is honestly the least of my concerns. Decorum is dead and pointless anyway. Politicians shouldn't be role models or looked up to. That died officially with Bill Clinton. Scaramuchi is a glory hunter, that's it.

I'm more worried about a thousand other things.

^^ I struggle with Earl because he is right about a lot of things that are wrong with Democrats (which have been disseminated on here). That's why I don't default to trolling every post with him like JCE. But the Trump-genius stuff is just bizarre.

[Edited on July 28, 2017 at 9:05 AM. Reason : Evangelicals are loving Trump. Court appts and "Merry Christmas" bullshit.]

7/28/2017 9:05:11 AM

It is bizzarre because most people on the left could never admit that the leader of the other side is great. I might be the only person who can look for enough out of my own perspective to see it. Everyone else who sees it is a Trump supporter. Especially when he is singlehandedly destroying all of our goals and pushing the right's agenda forward and winning. People on the left have it in their mind that he is evil. It would be like saying "Bin Laden is a genius" in 2002. It hurts and is too soon to admit.

Quote :

"Trump was a failed heir. Do people not remember he was bankrupt until NBC realized fake douches can make them money? I've said time and again he is a great celebrity and that's where his money came from. He also is likely in MASSIVE debt which is why he doesn't want his tax returns shown. No Russia nonsense but he is likely a fake billionaire. But Earl falls for it again and again. Motherfucker up in here quoting Art of the Deal like he made his money in business."

You are basing things fully off of wishful speculation. All sources report his net worth to be 2.9-3.5 billion. I guess forbes, fortune, bankrate etc have all fell for it again and again?

Grab em by the pussy didn't lose evangelicals. I think the only thing that could lose them would be nominating a pro-choice justice.

7/28/2017 10:47:37 AM

Please stop taking Earl seriously.

7/28/2017 10:49:51 AM

Wtf am I watching? A speech on the blood-stained killing fields of...... Long Island.

This is pretty disgusting. He's encouraging LEOs to rough up suspects explicitly and they are clapping in the background.

[Edited on July 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM. Reason : But obama once said a good thing about a cop so both sides]

7/28/2017 2:27:51 PM

Fuck this piece of shit. I hope a plane hits him.

7/28/2017 2:59:40 PM

Quote :

"Bannon declined to comment on Scaramucci's charge that he sucks his own cock."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/taibbi-anthony-scaramucci-era-will-be-freakish-embarrassing-short-w494718

7/29/2017 11:59:00 AM

That's a great, sad article.

So much talent out there. Maybe even a few spinsters that could talk down some of the dumb stuff Trump says, but nope, he went here, to this guy who looks like Gotti's accountant.

7/29/2017 10:38:39 PM

Trump has a long, long history of admiration for mobsters and authoritarians. He is too weak and stupid to actually be one himself but he loves those lifestyles. I mean he proudly boasts about it.

[Edited on July 30, 2017 at 8:27 AM. Reason : X]

7/30/2017 8:27:05 AM

^^^i am nearly in tears laughing at this article.

They gave us statements like Kellyanne Conway's "alternative facts," or Katrina Pierson's bit about how Trump wasn't changing his position on immigration, but rather "changing the words that he is saying."

ahahahahhaha

7/30/2017 3:33:33 PM

Well that didn't take long, Mooch out, +1 credibility?

7/31/2017 2:56:53 PM

He sold the American public that his presidency would be that of a successful businessman who knows how to run a company so well that he could translate that success into a great political leader.

Part of being a good businessman and manager, leader, is to be able to maintain a low turnover rate of your staff. His staff is a revolving door.

7/31/2017 3:19:51 PM

Fascist Apprentice

7/31/2017 3:25:24 PM

he sold that to the Americans who are suckers and easily fleeced

it was always a bogus promise, as he isn't a successful businessman

7/31/2017 4:09:25 PM

I can't fathom how people can't see that. He literally blew TWO inheritances. He is a Kardashian.

7/31/2017 4:39:13 PM

Quote :

"Part of being a good businessman and manager, leader, is to be able to maintain a low turnover rate of your staff. "

This is absolutely false. The government is the only organization I know that operates this way and that is why they retain awful, unmotivated employees aka "check collectors". In a good business, no employee believes he/she is "safe" and therefore busts their butt everyday. People inside the Trump administration have talked about how there is no sense of security and anyone can be gone tomorrow if they fail. Its called high stakes.

but anything to fit your idea that trump is failing and just somehow stumbled upon billions (he inherited millions)

7/31/2017 10:43:27 PM

Nobody is arguing that firing incompetent employees is bad, but hiring an employee so incompetent he has to be fired 10 days later is not a sign of good leadership.

[Edited on July 31, 2017 at 11:45 PM. Reason : ]

7/31/2017 11:45:28 PM

So lets say you hired a guy who you thought was great but then it turned out your judgement was flawed and you knew right away he was a bad hire.

Do you keep him just to uphold the image that you are too great of a leader to have hired him in the first place?

7/31/2017 11:52:46 PM

Given the public statements he had made previously, it was fairly apparent he was a terrible choice.

7/31/2017 11:54:49 PM

Quote :

"This is absolutely false. The government is the only organization I know that operates this way and that is why they retain awful, unmotivated employees aka "check collectors". In a good business, no employee believes he/she is "safe" and therefore busts their butt everyday. People inside the Trump administration have talked about how there is no sense of security and anyone can be gone tomorrow if they fail. Its called high stakes. "

There is so much wrong with this. Well run businesses want low turnover. Turnover costs money and takes away from your core missions. leaders in good business try to make employees feel safe so that they bust their butts everyday, most people won’t go to work very long not feeling they’re safe.

Obviously you fire those not getting the job done, being detrimental to goals, etc...

If the trump admin was a well run business Mooch would have never even been hired, so much of his “problems” were demonstrated behaviors prior to joining. It’s clear trump had no strategy and was just flinging shit at the wall to see what sticks/is acceptable. In business and in government this is inefficient, in government this is just scary though.

8/1/2017 12:13:05 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/white-house-officials-tricked-by-email-prankster/index.html

Quote :

"A self-described "email prankster" in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner and received that official's private email address unsolicited."

Definitely watch the video.

8/1/2017 2:36:05 AM

Quote :

"but anything to fit your idea that trump is failing and just somehow stumbled upon billions (he inherited millions)"

** because he became a celebrity. After his biggest bankruptcy in 2004. Keep on keeping on though, Earl.

[Edited on August 1, 2017 at 7:02 AM. Reason : X]

8/1/2017 7:00:50 AM

Quote :

"People inside the Trump administration have talked about how there is no sense of security and anyone can be gone tomorrow if they fail. Its called high stakes. "

Not when you're job is at the whim of someone who might wake up one morning and not like the way you look, and decide you're not getting things done.

And to reinforce what someone else said, turnover costs a business money. Maybe not at high levels like Scaramucci and Priebus held, but with high turnover, think about it - you're constantly training new hires to do the job. Perhaps they have a great background with the skillset you need, there are still adjustment periods with a new company. It takes HR time, etc. Low turnover is good. You just need to have the skill to hire good people. Sure there are BS interviewers that can get jobs they aren't qualified for, but come on, Scaramucci? He knew exactly what he was getting. Or should have known.

8/1/2017 9:29:22 AM

He's clueless and/or reaching for ways to continue to defend Trump at all costs. I guess it's part of that weird Jill Stein Trump is better than Clinton thing they just can't let go of.

In any case, a business where everyone is undercutting and sabotaging each other to impress the boss is obviously going to be wildly inefficient. If you hire talented, hard-working people that nonsense takes care of itself.

8/1/2017 9:59:35 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-dictated-sons-misleading-statement-on-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/31/04c94f96-73ae-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html

Trump made up the Russian adoption lie himself.

[Edited on August 1, 2017 at 10:49 AM. Reason : ]

8/1/2017 10:37:13 AM

more ammo for Mueller

8/1/2017 10:41:59 AM

Trump asked Fox News to push out the story about lie about Hillary killing Seth Rich.

8/1/2017 11:28:57 AM

Source?

8/1/2017 11:36:35 AM

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/01/media/rod-wheeler-seth-rich-fox-news-lawsuit/index.html

8/1/2017 11:39:14 AM

Quote :

"Included in the lawsuit is a text message from Butowsky to Wheeler in which Butowsky writes, "Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It's now all up to you. But don't feel the pressure." Butowsky told CNN that this message was a joke referring to what he said was Wheeler's desire for a job with the Trump administration. "This was Rod and I," Butowsky said. "We teased all the time. We were basically telling him you are doing a great job and that the president or the White House or somebody would be interested in meeting you.""

Ah yes, "I was just joking" defense. If its good enough for the president...

[Edited on August 1, 2017 at 11:47 AM. Reason : quote]

8/1/2017 11:47:10 AM

And Hannity was unapologetically pushing this mess.

8/1/2017 11:52:23 AM

Pretty sure I even posted something about it, but mine was more of a question than anything else.

8/1/2017 11:55:15 AM

It's so awkward that he demands credit for the stock market and economy given what he said about it under Obama. I mean, we all knew he would do this, but the economy is pretty much exactly where it was when he was calling it a disaster and carnage.

Tbf though, did influence the stock market as business optimism is higher because of his big deregulation talk. I guess his brand of populism is just different ¯\_(?)_/¯

8/1/2017 3:43:48 PM

There are several bubbles that are just waiting to burst. Let's hope they don't, but if they do under his tenure, we will be, as a nation, wholly unprepared.

8/1/2017 4:17:35 PM

Wait wait, so the dude you guys were calling crazy for investigating the Seth Rich story is suing FoxNews.com because of the Seth Rich story and now he's a hero.

Awesome consistency.

Like the media's coverage of John McCain consistency.

I don't know if a person could make up this kind of twisting and turning to oppose a man as much as some of you.

8/1/2017 10:21:56 PM

Quote :

" ** because he became a celebrity. After his biggest bankruptcy in 2004. Keep on keeping on though, Earl"

So you think he made billions off of TV? From just being a celeb? Or you think he's just a millionaire? Why did they choose him instead of some good-looking, charismatic millionaire instead of a guy who failed?

(I know none of this is true, I'm just trying to get a better idea of what nym believes)

Quote :

"I guess it's part of that weird Jill Stein Trump is better than Clinton thing they just can't let go of."

Actually, I've forgotten Jill and Hill and moved on from the election a long time ago. Trump won so they are irrelevant but this statement reads to me like you are reflecting your own insecurities and reaching for fake news on trump so much because you wanted clinton to win.

Quote :

"He's clueless and/or reaching for ways to continue to defend Trump at all costs."

You are not operating under the correct definition of "defending at all costs". I'm simply stating my opinion based on facts that not even my disdain for Trump can change. You don't have to accept my opinion (about trump being a genius who carefully planned all of this) but you aren't even accepting the main two facts my opinion is based on.

-His net worth is estimated at 3.5 billion by all of the experts
-He was successful at campaigning because he won. Period

8/1/2017 10:58:21 PM

Quote :

"-His net worth is estimated at 3.5 billion by all of the experts -He was successful at campaigning because he won. Period"

Valid points, though I wouldn't state that makes him a genius by any means.

8/1/2017 11:16:35 PM

Quote :

"Wait wait, so the dude you guys were calling crazy for investigating the Seth Rich story is suing FoxNews.com because of the Seth Rich story and now he's a hero."

Huh? Who is calling Rod Wheeler anything?

** trump parlayed his celebrity into potential billions. after he failed as a legitimate businessman. I don't begrudge him for it. Aspects of capitalism suck. He is good at gaming the system and profiting off the backs of stupid people. And yeah, he won. Thanks to going against one of the worst campaigns and candidates of all time (and I wanted Bernie to win the primary as I've said dozens of times).

[Edited on August 2, 2017 at 6:59 AM. Reason : X]

8/2/2017 6:55:10 AM

I'll go ahead and say I see nothing wrong with a merit-based immigration system. It has to have some sort of family caveat but in general you could build a broad base of support across multiple industries for that.

Where Trump and Miller go wrong is the massive reduction in green cards. The fact of the matter is Americans don't take the jobs migrants and immigrants do. Until that is solved you cant slash legal immigration in half.

Also, Steven Miller is really adept at dog whistle statements.

[Edited on August 2, 2017 at 3:27 PM. Reason : but this bill may not even get 30 votes in Senate let along 60]

8/2/2017 3:25:21 PM

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-farms-immigration/

Quote :

"In the last five years, he has advertised in local newspapers and accepted more than a dozen unemployed applicants from the state’s job agency. Even when the average rate on his fields was $20 an hour, the U.S.-born workers lost interest, fast. “We’ve never had one come back after lunch,” he says."

lol

8/2/2017 3:40:15 PM

Average apartment rent in Napa Valley is $2037/mo, vs. $1600/mo in 2012, let alone other cost of living rises. Surprise, when people can't afford to live in the area, they can't work for your shit wages.

https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-napa-rent-trends/

And btw, average farm worker pay across the US is $7.25

http://nfwm.org/education-center/farm-worker-issues/low-wages/

But keep on beating down the working class, bourgie scum.

8/2/2017 4:20:06 PM

you're aware that it's the case nationwide, and not just in an area with an absurdly high cost of living, right?

8/2/2017 4:47:35 PM

average farm worker pay across the US is $7.25

http://nfwm.org/education-center/farm-worker-issues/low-wages/

8/2/2017 4:49:58 PM

^^^I'm not "beating down the working class" you anti-west autocrat apologist piece of shit. I'm pointing out how fucking stupid an idea it is to arbitrarily cut down on immigration when the only thing it will do is accelerate the shift to automation.

[Edited on August 2, 2017 at 4:50 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2017 4:50:11 PM

I assume I wasn't being called scum based on my post (it was probably the patronizing one after mine) but my only point is that a merit-based system isn't inherently bad just because Trump's team proposed it but it doesn't solve the low wage problem nationwide for American farm-workers. In fact it may be exasperated by the unwise halving of green cards.

[Edited on August 2, 2017 at 4:53 PM. Reason : And this is pissing into the wind given Dems won't vote for it and neither will moderate GOP]

8/2/2017 4:52:22 PM

^^
you're laughing at people for supposedly not wanting to work in napa fucking valley, when in actuality they are being so fucked by the upper class that they are forced to move somewhere cheaper

and you're promoting indentured servitude as an alternative to automation. great job!

Quote :

"I assume I wasn't being called scum based on my post (it was probably the patronizing one after mine) but my only point is that a merit-based system isn't inherently bad just because Trump's team proposed it but it doesn't solve the low wage problem nationwide for American farm-workers. In fact it may be exasperated by the unwise halving of green cards."

i'm all for properly regulated immigration, because it protects both immigrants and the people they're competing for jobs with.

[Edited on August 2, 2017 at 5:12 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2017 4:58:57 PM

No I'm laughing at the xenophobic idea that less immigrants will mean more jobs for US workers, something that has been consistently proven to not be the case. US workers don't want those jobs, no matter what you pay them. Period.

Fucking dumbass, no wonder your ilk will never represent anything other than the whiny sore losers of American politics. Too dumb to understand complex issues and too lazy to try.

8/2/2017 5:04:34 PM

NYM, I didn't actually see your post before, but I'd like to address this point:

Quote :

"The fact of the matter is Americans don't take the jobs migrants and immigrants do. Until that is solved you cant slash legal immigration in half."

Why can't you? Wouldn't it solve the problem quicker and avoid the issue of modernized indentured servitude?

I'm not defending any policy proposals, just wondering why these industries are entitled to cheap, loosely regulated labor.

[Edited on August 2, 2017 at 5:28 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2017 5:26:53 PM

Quote :

"US workers don't want those jobs, no matter what you pay them. Period. "

American's will work at walmart for minimum wage but won't do farm labor for $20/hr? Is that really what you think, or is that what your party tells you to regurgitate? A third of this country used to work in agriculture a hundred years ago, when it paid better than many other jobs and put food on the table. The only thing reducing the desire for Americans to work in agriculture nowadays is the shit pay.

8/2/2017 7:20:11 PM